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# Make Backup

Make a backup of the project database.

Action available for the following operating systems:

![](/files/-MGIiDGuNcrVFP-DbUma)

### Parameters

* **Database Profile** *\<local> -* The database profile type. It can be any offline connection profile, a SQLite Connected Database or the internal database.
* **Target File** *\<unquoted string> -* The path where you what to store the Backup.
* **Encryption Mode** - Choose the encryption mode from those available:
  * *\<dynamic>* - If chosen, opens the numeric expression editor for encryption by this method.
  * *0 - Same Password as database* - The backup will be encrypted with the same password as the database being backed up.
  * *1 - Specify Password* - With this option you are requested to specify the password for the backup database.
* **Password** - When the previous parameter is **1-Specify Password**, then this is the password to use to encrypt the backup database. Leave empty to make the backup database not encrypted.

{% hint style="info" %}
When using linked projects, a backup file for each project will be created by appending a dot and the project name to the file. For example if **Target File** points to "backup.bck", the linked project "myLinkProj" will be backed up to the file "backup.myLinkProj.bck".
{% endhint %}


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